VM 209 Equine Medical Nursing- Clinical Mentorship

Credit: 1.0

Course Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Prerequisite Courses: VCS 237, VCS 147

Prerequisite Note:You will be required to submit video tape of your task performance in order to complete this Clinical Mentorship. Therefore, you will be required to have access to a video camera in order to complete this course

This Clinical Mentorship will require the student to work with an equine veterinary care facility to practice several tasks under the supervision of a clinical mentor (veterinarian or credentialed Veterinary Technician). This Clinical Mentorship focuses on the principles handling, restraint, and equine nursing care.
In order to achieve the goals for this Clinical Mentorship, the tasks must be performed to the level of competency as outlined by the Criteria outlined in the Criteria Handbook and Log Book for each task. The student is responsible for providing documentation for each task as defined by the Materials Submitted for Evaluation and Verification section on each task. In addition to the documentation, the student will be evaluated by the Clinical Mentorship site supervisor on how well the student met the outlined Criteria for each task. Final approval of successful performance and completion of the Clinical Mentorship will be made by the Purdue University instructor in charge of the Clinical Mentorship based upon the documentation provided by the student.
The Purdue University instructor in charge has the option to require additional documentation if, in their judgment, the student has not performed the task to the level set by the Criteria, or if the documentation does not clearly demonstrate this.
Documentation of completed tasks is essential to validating the educational process and insuring that the performance of graduates of the Veterinary Technology Distance Learning Program meets the standards of quality required by the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine faculty and the American Veterinary Medical Association accrediting bodies.

Course Objectives:

equine restraint and handling techniques

placement and maintenance of indwelling catheters in horses

data collection techniques in horses (TPR, etc.)

hoof care and grooming techniques in horses

sample collection techniques in horses

equine injection techniques

application of leg and tail wraps in a horse

Tasks:

Approaching the horse

Placing a halter on the horse

Leading a horse

Attaching and using a chain lead with the halter already in place

Applying the twitch

Demonstrate the proper collection of TPR data for a horse

Demonstrate proper technique for washing out the mouth of a horse with a dose syringe